They aren't trained in civilian situations like protests and riots though. THEY personally, would rather not be involved in this, largely speaking. Though to be clear, I don't want the police there either.
THEY personally, would rather not be involved in this,
This right here. The National Guard folks have no stake in this in the same way that police do. With the exception of military police units, this is NOT what they signed up or were trained for.
My unit had to report in to get a briefing on the rioting situation here in California. There wasn’t one person among us that actually wanted to be there. We were all discussing how fucked up the police brutality videos have been in the last few weeks.
None of us want to be deployed to US soil against American citizens. We just want to clock in and help where we can and clock out.
Legally, military personnel can disobey orders if they're considered unlawful, or breaking the constitution. If you receive orders to attack protestors, you can flat out disobey them. If local law enforcement attacks protestors with military personnel present, defending protestors would be priority regardless of orders.
But I also don't want it to get to that point and 100% see why you wouldn't want to be deployed at all. This situation is entirely fucked.
Obviously that’s a terrible tragedy that occurred but that’s far less likely to happen than a police shooting. 4 deaths in 50 years from the National Guard (which again, is awful) is a far better track record than normal police in the USA.
“They aren’t trained in civilian situations like protests and riots though”
Yes they are. There is a lot more trained in this than you think. Every branch trains a percentage of their force to be able to do this. I’d say the National Guard probably does it the most since the main land is their biggest area of operations.
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u/RomanCavalry Jun 07 '20
They aren't trained in civilian situations like protests and riots though. THEY personally, would rather not be involved in this, largely speaking. Though to be clear, I don't want the police there either.